The Chicago Blackhawks made the first big splash of the free agency period for the second year in a row, giving Marian Hossa a 12-year, $62 million deal, after giving an 8-year deal for $56.8 million to Brian Campbell last year. This would be a great value addition (as the $5.2 million cap hit basically replaces the oft-injured Marty Havlat's salary) if this and the Campbell signing didn't imply that the Blackhawks seem to have completely forgotten that they still have some nobodies named Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, and Duncan Keith with one season left before they have to be re-upped and none of them will be cheap. As it stands right now, their cap space going into this season is looking to be around $9 million, depending on the value of the contracts given to Dave Bolland and Kris Versteeg (who is looking like won't be that cheap either). They're gonna have to work some magic to be able to keep all of their newly developed talent, starting with figuring out a way to unload Cristobal Huet's $5.6 million a year. Good luck.
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